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Article: IRAQI SECURITY FORCES GAIN IN CAPABILITY, PROFESSIONALISM
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 28, 2008
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
Iraqi security forces increasingly demonstrate their professionalism and willingness to step up to protect the Iraqi people, a spokesman for Multinational Corps Iraq told reporters yesterday.
During a briefing in Baghdad, Navy Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith pointed to numerous signs of progress in training and equipping the Iraqi army and police forces and the greater role these forces now play in Iraq's security.
"We continue to see examples of the increasingly professionalized Iraqi security forces stepping up to protect their people," he said.
Smith noted the gains being made by ...